"rehearse" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: [ɹɪˈhɜːs] [Received-Pronunciation], /ɹɪˈhɝs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rehearse.wav [Southern-England] Forms: rehearses [present, singular, third-person], rehearsing [participle, present], rehearsed [participle, past], rehearsed [past]
Etymology: From Middle English rehersen, from Anglo-Norman reherser (“to repeat word-for-word”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|rehersen}} Middle English rehersen, {{der|en|xno|reherser||to repeat word-for-word}} Anglo-Norman reherser (“to repeat word-for-word”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} rehearse (third-person singular simple present rehearses, present participle rehearsing, simple past and past participle rehearsed)
  1. (transitive) To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite. Tags: transitive Translations (repeat what has already been said): повтарям (povtarjam) (Bulgarian), reproduir (Catalan), 重复 (chóngfù) (Chinese Mandarin), herhalen (Dutch), gurdi (Esperanto), toistaa (Finnish), kerrata (Finnish), rabâcher (French), ressasser (French), wiederholen (German), ξαναλέω (xanaléo) (Greek), חזרה (Hebrew), ismétel (Hungarian), ripetere (Italian), تکرار کردن (tekrâr kardan) (Persian), powtarzać (Polish), repetir (Portuguese), твердить (tverditʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), repetir (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-rehearse-en-verb-EAfUWmA- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 12 37 7 4 Disambiguation of 'repeat what has already been said': 80 3 6 6 5
  2. (transitive) To narrate; to relate; to tell. Tags: transitive Translations (narrate or tell): разказвам (razkazvam) (Bulgarian), vertellen (Dutch), erzählen (German), αφηγούμαι (afigoúmai) (Greek), elmesél (Hungarian), ripetere (Italian), raccontare (Italian), contar (Portuguese), излагать (izlagatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), contar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-rehearse-en-verb-4Vffn49h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 12 37 7 4 Disambiguation of 'narrate or tell': 13 76 5 4 2
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To practise by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation, especially in theater. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (practice by repetition or recitation): репетирам (repetiram) (Bulgarian), assajar (Catalan), 排練 (Chinese Mandarin), 排练 (páiliàn) (Chinese Mandarin), zkoušet (Czech), inoefenen (Dutch), repeteren (Dutch), harjoitella (Finnish), répéter (French), üben (German), proben (German), ismétel (Hungarian), felmond (Hungarian), elpróbál (Hungarian), ripetere (Italian), ripassare (Italian), provare (Italian), probowaś [imperfective] (Lower Sorbian), പരിശീലിക്കുക (pariśīlikkuka) (Malayalam), whakaharatau (Maori), ensaiar (Portuguese), репети́ровать (repetírovatʹ) (Russian), practicar (Spanish), ensayar (Spanish), repetera (Swedish), repa (Swedish), репети́рувати (repetýruvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), tập dượt (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-rehearse-en-verb-ez6MG0E7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 12 37 7 4 Disambiguation of 'practice by repetition or recitation': 15 4 53 24 4
  4. (transitive, theater) To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Theater Translations (to cause rehearse or instruct by rehearsal): doen repeteren (Dutch), репети́ровать (repetírovatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-rehearse-en-verb-pOe0mDzr Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater Disambiguation of 'to cause rehearse or instruct by rehearsal': 1 1 2 94 2
  5. To contrive and carefully prepare (a story, etc.) to offer consistency.
    Sense id: en-rehearse-en-verb-VY5M7lN1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: rehearsal, rehearsed

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To narrate; to relate; to tell."
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          "_dis1": "15 4 53 24 4",
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          "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
          "word": "репетирам"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
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          "word": "assajar"
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          "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
          "word": "排練"
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          "roman": "páiliàn",
          "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
          "word": "排练"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
          "word": "zkoušet"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
          "word": "inoefenen"
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        {
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
          "word": "repeteren"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
          "word": "harjoitella"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
          "word": "répéter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 4 53 24 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
          "word": "üben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 4 53 24 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
          "word": "proben"
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        {
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
          "word": "ismétel"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
          "word": "felmond"
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          "_dis1": "15 4 53 24 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
          "word": "elpróbál"
        },
        {
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
          "word": "ripetere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 4 53 24 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
          "word": "ripassare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 4 53 24 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
          "word": "provare"
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          "_dis1": "15 4 53 24 4",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "pariśīlikkuka",
          "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
          "word": "പരിശീലിക്കുക"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
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          "word": "whakaharatau"
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          "word": "ensaiar"
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          "code": "dsb",
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
          "word": "practicar"
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          "code": "es",
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          "word": "repetera"
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          "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
          "word": "repa"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "repetýruvaty",
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          "tags": [
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          "ref": "1916 March 11, Charles E. Van Loan, “His Folks”, in Saturday Evening Post",
          "text": "It was plain that he'd been rehearsed a lot, but he wasn't letter-perfect by any manner of means.",
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        "To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal."
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        "(transitive, theater) To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal."
      ],
      "tags": [
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      "topics": [
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        "lifestyle",
        "theater"
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          "_dis1": "1 1 2 94 2",
          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "to cause rehearse or instruct by rehearsal",
          "word": "doen repeteren"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "repetírovatʹ",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈhɝs/",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "povtarjam",
      "sense": "repeat what has already been said",
      "word": "повтарям"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "repeat what has already been said",
      "word": "reproduir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chóngfù",
      "sense": "repeat what has already been said",
      "word": "重复"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "repeat what has already been said",
      "word": "herhalen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "repeat what has already been said",
      "word": "gurdi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "repeat what has already been said",
      "word": "toistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "repeat what has already been said",
      "word": "kerrata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "repeat what has already been said",
      "word": "rabâcher"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "repeat what has already been said",
      "word": "ressasser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "repeat what has already been said",
      "word": "wiederholen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "xanaléo",
      "sense": "repeat what has already been said",
      "word": "ξαναλέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "repeat what has already been said",
      "word": "חזרה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "repeat what has already been said",
      "word": "ismétel"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "repeat what has already been said",
      "word": "ripetere"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tekrâr kardan",
      "sense": "repeat what has already been said",
      "word": "تکرار کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "repeat what has already been said",
      "word": "powtarzać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "repeat what has already been said",
      "word": "repetir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tverditʹ",
      "sense": "repeat what has already been said",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "твердить"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "repeat what has already been said",
      "word": "repetir"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razkazvam",
      "sense": "narrate or tell",
      "word": "разказвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "narrate or tell",
      "word": "vertellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "narrate or tell",
      "word": "erzählen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "afigoúmai",
      "sense": "narrate or tell",
      "word": "αφηγούμαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "narrate or tell",
      "word": "elmesél"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "narrate or tell",
      "word": "ripetere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "narrate or tell",
      "word": "raccontare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "narrate or tell",
      "word": "contar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izlagatʹ",
      "sense": "narrate or tell",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "излагать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "narrate or tell",
      "word": "contar"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "repetiram",
      "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
      "word": "репетирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
      "word": "assajar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
      "word": "排練"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "páiliàn",
      "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
      "word": "排练"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
      "word": "zkoušet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
      "word": "inoefenen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
      "word": "repeteren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
      "word": "harjoitella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
      "word": "répéter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
      "word": "üben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
      "word": "proben"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
      "word": "ismétel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
      "word": "felmond"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
      "word": "elpróbál"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
      "word": "ripetere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
      "word": "ripassare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
      "word": "provare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "pariśīlikkuka",
      "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
      "word": "പരിശീലിക്കുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
      "word": "whakaharatau"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
      "word": "ensaiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "repetírovatʹ",
      "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
      "word": "репети́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "probowaś"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
      "word": "practicar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
      "word": "ensayar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
      "word": "repetera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
      "word": "repa"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "repetýruvaty",
      "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "репети́рувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "practice by repetition or recitation",
      "word": "tập dượt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to cause rehearse or instruct by rehearsal",
      "word": "doen repeteren"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "repetírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to cause rehearse or instruct by rehearsal",
      "word": "репети́ровать"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rehearse"
}

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